Toy device for manipulating simulated logs by means of a sling cord and pulleys



Nov. 12, 1963 A. SNOWMAN 3,110,124

TOY DEVICE FOR MANIPULATING SIMULATED LOGS BY MEANS OF A SLING CORD ANDPULLEYS Filed July 25, 1962 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 ALBERT L. SNOWMAN MM,@wu,1@@

.AT TORNEYS Nov. 12, 1963 A SNOWMAN 3,110,124

TOY DEVICE FOR MANIPULATING SIMULATED LOGS BY MEANS OF A SLING CORD ANDPULLEYS Filed July 25, 1962 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 INVENTOR.

ALBERT L. SNOWMAN ATTORNEYS United States Patent ToY DEVICE nonMANIFULATING SIMULATED LOGS BY MEANS or A SLING Conn AND PULLEYS AlbertL. Snowman, Rte. 2, Arkport, N.Y. Filed July 25, 1962, Ser. No. 212,2482 Claims. (CI. 46-40) This invention relates to toys and moreparticularly to a toy in which elements thereof are to be manipulated bythe user in simulation of some of the actual operations performed inlarge-scale commercial logging enterprises.

The primary object of the present invention is to provide a novel andinteresting toy for use by children which will be entertaining andrequire a certain amount of imagination and manipulative co-ordination.

Another object of the invention is to provide a toy as aforesaid whichmay be safely used by children and which is very rugged and durable.

Other objects and advantages of the present invention will appear fromthe detailed description hereinbelow and the accompanying drawingswherein:

I FIG. 1 is a side elevational view of the device of the invention;

FIG. 2 is a front elevational view of the device of FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a fragmentary sectional view on enlarged scale takensubstantially along line 3-3 of FIG. 1 to show a detail of construction;

FIG. 4 is a fragmentary sectional view on enlarged scale takensubstantially along line 4-4 of FIG. 1 showing another detail ofconstruction;

FIG. 5 is a view on enlarged scale partially in section takensubstantially along line 55 of FIG. 1; and

FIGS. 6 through 12 are perspective views of various components of thetoy of the invention to show details of construction.

Broadly speaking, the toy of the invention is designed to enable theuser to simulate the stacking of newly out logs for storage through thewinter months as is the practice in a number of logging areas.

In the specific embodiment of the toy of the invention described hereinI use log members which are represented by smoothly finished dowels. Abase member 22 is made up of a pair of cross ties 23 to which arefastened, as by nails or screws, a pair of generally parallel supportingmembers 24, 24. The base member is designed to support a gin pole 3d andfor this purpose an upper cross tie member is mounted to the tops of thesupports 24, 24 overlying one of the cross ties 23 as best seen in FIG.6. The cross tie 25 is provided with a bore 26 and a corresponding bore27 is provided in the lower tie member 23 along the same axis as thebore 26 but of a smaller diameter for purposes explained hereinbelow.The base member is designed to support the bottom-most layer of a seriesof stacked logs and, for purposes of easier manipulation, a pair of logmembers 20, 20 are fixedly mounted on the front and back ends of thesupports 24, 24. In the present embodiment, the logs are fixed bycountersunk screws 28, 28 but any preferred means of attachment may beutilized for this purpose.

The gin pole 39 has its lower end turned down to a reduced diameterportion 31 which provides a shoulder 32 (FIG. 10). The pole isdimensioned so that it will slip fit through bore 26 and the reducedportion 31 will fit into bore 27. The shoulder portion 32 provides astop. For convenience in packaging and storing, I fabricate the gin polein two sections, the lower section as described and the upper section3011 which has its lower end formed with a reduced dowel portion toslide into a 3,110,124 Patented Nov. 12, 1963 bore provided in the upperend of the gin pole 30 in known manner, illustrated in FIG. 5.

A series of rack members 34 are provided to support successive layers ofthe logs that have been stacked in place and each rack consists of apair of cross supports 24, 24 and, similar to the base memberconstruction, each rack has log members 20 afiixed to span the front andback ends of the members 24. Added rigidity may be gained by the use ofa dowel 35 which connects the cross members 24, 24 intermediately oftheir ends (FIG. 7).

A ramp 40 is constructed of a pair of stringers 42, 42 which are joinedby dowels 43, 43. The upper ends of the stringers 42, 42 are radiused asindicated at 44 to fit over log members 20 to help maintain placement ofthe ramp while being used, as will be explained hereinbelow.

T'he toy is complete by provision of two handling-line members 46 and47, each of which has a hook 48 affixed to each end thereof. Pulleys forthe handling lines are provided at the top of the gin pole 30 asindicated at 5% and fastened to the base member as indicated at 51.These are preferably conventional swivelable pulleys and may be attachedas by staples 52, 52.

In use, the gin pole is set up in the base member and the handling line47 has its opposite ends attached to the front log by engaging the hooks48, 48 with eyes 54, 54 which are provided adjacent the opposite ends ofeach of the logs 20 which are affixed to the front ends of the base 22and each of the rack members 34. The line 46 is run through each of thepulleys 50, 51 and one end thereof is hooked to the approximate centerof the line 47. (See FIG. 2.)

The ramp is placed with the radiused portions 44, 44 engaging the frontlog of the base member 22. The'user then may place a log member 29 inthe cradle formed by the line 47 as shown in FIGS. 1 and 2. Pulling onthe unattached end of the line 46 will then cause the log 26 to berolled upwardly along the ramp 40 and to fall onto the base member. Thismay be continued until the row of logs is completed. The rack member 34is then placed atop the row of logs, the ramp is positioned with its endover the front log of the rack and the operation of rolling the logs upthe ramp may then be resumed.

Although only one form of the toy of the invention has been shown anddescribed in detail, it will be ap preciated that changes andmodifications may be made therein Without departing from the spirit ofthe invention or the scope of the appended claims.

I claim:

1. A toy, comprising a base member including parallel bottom ties andtransversely disposed cross members, a top tie spanning said crossmembers in spaced overlying relation to and paired with one of saidbottom ties, said paired ties being bored in mutual alignment to providea two-part gin pole step, a gin pole fitted into said step, a

rst toy log fixed to said cross members to lie alongside said top tie, asecond toy log fixed to the opposite ends of said cross members inparallel spaced relation to said first toy log thereby providing a cribspace between said fixed logs to receive therebetween a group of loosetoy logs, said second toy log having a pair of relatively spaced eyedevices extending laterally therefrom, a ramp device comprising a pairof stringers interconnected in parallel relation and having hook-shapedend portions whereby to lodge the upper end of said ramp upon saidsecond fixed toy log, a flexible sling cord having hooks at its oppositeends adapted to engage said eye devices respectively, and a hoist cordhaving a hook at one end for detachable engagement with a mid portion ofsaid sling cord and training through a pulley at the top of said ginpole and thence down and around a pulley at the base of said gin pole.

2. A toy, comprising a base member including parallel bottom ties andtransversely disposed cross members, a top tie spanning said crossmembers in spaced overlying relation to and paired with one of saidbottom ties, said paired ties being bored in mutual alignment to providea two-part gin pole step, a gin pole fitted into said step,

'a first toy log fixed to said cross members to lie alongside said toptie, a second toy log fixed to the opposite ends of said cross membersin parallel spaced relation to said first toy log thereby providing acrib space between said fixed logs to receive therebetween a group ofloose toy logs, said second toy log having a pair of relatively spacedeye devices extending laterally therefrom, a ramp device comprising apair of stringers interconnected in parallel relation and havinghook-shaped end portions whereby to lodge the upper end of said rampupon said second fixed toy log, a flexible sling cord having hooks atits opposite ends adapted to engage said eye devices 20 respectively, ahoist cord having a hook at one end for detachable engagement with a midportion of said sling cord and training through a pulley at the top ofsaid gin pole and thence down and around a pulley at the base of saidgin pole, and a series of supplemental crib devices each comprising apair of parallel spaced cross supports transversely spanned andinterconnected by a pair of spaced parallel toy logs, whereby saidsupplemental crib devices may be successively stacked upon said firstfixed toy logs to provide a vertical succession of additional cribspaces for racking a series of loose toy logs into said crib spaces byuse of said hoist cord and sling cord.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS

1. A TOY, COMPRISING A BASE MEMBER INCLUDING PARALLEL BOTTOM TIES ANDTRANSVERSELY DISPOSED CROSS MEMBERS, A TOP TIE SPANNING SAID CROSSMEMBERS IN SPACED OVERLYING RELATION TO AND PAIRED WITH ONE OF SAIDBOTTOM TIES, SAID PAIRED TIES BEING BORED IN MUTUAL ALIGNMENT TO PROVIDEA TWO-PART GIN POLE STEP, A GIN POLE FITTED INTO SAID STEP, A FIRST TOYLOG FIXED TO SAID CROSS MEMBERS TO LIE ALONGSIDE SAID TOP TIE, A SECONDTOY LOG FIXED TO THE OPPOSITE ENDS OF SAID CROSS MEMBERS IN PARALLELSPACED RELATION TO SAID FIRST TOY LOG THEREBY PROVIDING A CRIB SPACEBETWEEN SAID FIXED LOGS TO RECEIVE THEREBETWEEN A GROUP OF LOOSE TOYLOGS, SAID SECOND TOY LOG HAVING A PAIR OF RELATIVELY SPACED EYE DEVICESEXTENDING LATERALLY THEREFROM, A RAMP DEVICE COMPRISING A PAIR OFSTRINGERS INTERCONNECTED IN PARALLEL RELATION AND HAVING HOOK-SHAPED ENDPORTIONS WHEREBY TO LODGE THE UPPER END OF SAID RAMP UPON SAID SECONDFIXED TOY LOG, A FLEXIBLE SLING CORD HAVING HOOKS AT ITS OPPOSITE ENDSADAPTED TO ENGAGE SAID EYE DEVICES RESPECTIVELY, AND A HOIST CORD HAVINGA HOOK AT ONE END FOR DETACHABLE ENGAGEMENT WITH A MID PORTION OF SAIDSLING CORD AND TRAINING THROUGH A PULLEY AT THE TOP OF SAID GIN POLE ANDTHENCE DOWN AND AROUND A PULLEY AT THE BASE OF SAID GIN POLE.